Gauntlet-glove



W. A. COOK.

GAUNTLET GLOVE. I APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8,1919.

Patented J an. 13, 1920.

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. WILLIAM A. COOK, 0F VIESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan, 13,1920,"

Application filed January 8, 1919. Serial No. 270,155.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM A, COOK, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of ld estfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Gauntlet- Glove, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in gloves which are provided with gauntlets that extend up onto the arms, and resides in a glove having a slit which is centrally located in the front of the wrist portion and extends up into the palm portion of said glove, and provided with fastening means for the edges of such slit at the base, together with a central gore with which it is usually desirable to provide the gauntlet of such glove in front, and a gusset for the slit portion of the glove, all as hereinafter set forth.

Usually there is a continuation of the aforesaid slit which continuation extends down through the entire length of the gauntlet, and the aforesaid gore connects or extends between the longitudinal edges of the slit in said gauntlet, so that the latter slit is closed.

The gusset of which mention has been made is not always provided, but when provided is arranged to close or open the slit in the glove, accordingly as such gusset be positioned to cover said slit or positioned to uncover the same.

Gauntlet gloves are very liable to cause,

the hands inclosed therein to become uncomfortably warm and to perspire, especially when the temperature is high or even moderately so. This is a fact well known to those who wear gauntlet gloves while operating automobiles and doing other work. The primary object of my invention is, therefore, to provide a ventilated gauntlet glove, whereby the hand of the wearer of such glove is prevented from becoming too hot and perspiring, and the comfort of such wearer is consequently enhanced.

Another objection to most gauntlet gloves is that they are from necessity'equipped with straps and buckles with which to fasten such gloves in place on the hands. No strap and buckle are needed in connection with my gauntlet glove, owing to the presence therein of the ventilating slit and to the fastening means with which said glove is provided. This is an important and valuable feature and another object of the invention. It is important and valuable because of the inconvenience of'thestrap and buckle fastening means, which are usually on the back, in the one case, and the convenience of the simple fastening on the front, in be other case,

Other objects and advantages will appear in the course of the following description.

I attain the object-sand secure the ad'-,

vantages of my invention by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which is a front side view of a gauntlet glove that embodies a practical form of said invention, a portion'of the gauntlet being cutaway to disclose to better advantage the construction or arrangement of certain of the parts. In the gauntlet glove shown in the drawmg, the front of the glove is represented. at 1 and the gauntlet at 2. The front 1 coinprises or includes the front of the wrist and the palm portions of the glove.

A slit 3 is formed in the center of the front 1, such slit extending upwardly from the base line of such front, through the wrist portion and well into the palm portion thereof, and that part of said slit which is in said palm portion is wider than the part below. Of course the length, width, and shape of the slit 3 may vary more or less in different gloves and in order to meet different conditions, although the I slit shown is a fair example of what is required.

Fastening means are provided on the front 1 on opposite sides of the slit 3 near the bottom thereof. Such means may consist of ordinary glove-fastener members 4 and 5, on each side of the slit 3, respectively.

After the glove is drawn on to the hand one edge is lapped over the other edge of the slit 3 and secured by the glove-fastener in the usual manner. No other means is required to hold the glove in place on the hand. Thus it is seen that the glove can be fastened, and unfastened as well, easily and quickly, and thatthe fastening means is much more compact and accessible than wouldbe a strap and buckle.

If desired a gusset 6may be provided with which to close the slit 3, it being desirable to do this in some cases when the weather is cold. In a general way the gussset 6 is such as is commonly used in gloves. It is located anion. f

inside of the front 1 and stitched along one edge, at 7, to said front. When the gusset 6 is extended beneath the slit 3, as shown, the latter is closed thereby. If it be desired to leave the slit 3 open for ventilation purposes, as is more frequently the case, the gusset 6 is turned under and folded on the seam 7 toward the left-hand edge of the front 1. The gusset, whether extended across the slit 3 or folded back out of-the way, does not interfere with either the fas tening or unfastening operation.

The gauntlet ofa glove is usually made of stiffer material than the glove itself, 111 which event it would be diflicult if not im possible to fasten the glove by the means which I employ at the wrist in front, and it would be impracticable so to fasten the glove even if. the guantlet were made of the same material as said glove. Wherefore the gauntlet 2 is slit from top to bottom in the center of the front portion thereof, as represented at 8, such slit being in a sense a continuation of the slit 3, and a gore 9 is set in or attached to this slitted part of said nt et.

Although it is not material, so far as the present invention is concerned, whether the gore 9 be outside or inside of the gauntlet, I have shown it on the inside, the stitching by means of which said gore is secured to said gauntletbeing represented at 10.

The gore 9 is of material which is sufiiciently pliable to permit the edges of the slit 8 to be drawn more closely together when the lower-terminal portions of the edges of the slit 3 are lapped at the time the fastener members 4 and 5 are engaged. Obviously the edges of the slit 8 are permanently sepa-, rated by the gore 9.

That part of, the slit 3 which is in the palm is not closed when the glove is fastened, and it is large enough to afford the necessary amount of ventilation at such time, provided the gusset 6 be folded back out of the way.

Some modifications, besides those hereinbefore more specifically alluded to, and more especially in matters of shape and size, may be made in my glove without departlng from the spirit of my invention or exceeding the scope of what. is claimed. In this eonnection it is observed that the glove of the illustration is for the right hand,naturally, therefore, its mate the left-hand glove will diifer in the arrangement of its parts to the slight extent that the nature of the case demands.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

As an improved article of manufacture, a gauntlet glove having a slit in the front p0rtion thereof, such slit extending through the wrist portion into the palm portion to a point transversely radjacent to the base of the thumb-stall, and the part of such slit that is in said palm portion and transversely adjacent to said thumb-stall being widened, fastening means for the edge portions of'the slit which are adjacent to said gauntlet, a

gusset so arranged that it can be extended across or folded to one side away from said sht, said gusset being attached along one edge to said wrlst and palm portions ad acent to one edge of said slit and above the gauntlet, said gauntlet having therein a slit which is in line with said first-named slit,

and a gore attached to said gauntlet and covering the slit therein.

WILLIAM A. COOK.

Witnesses F. A. Curran, ARTHUR A. BETH.. 

